Pemphigoid gestationis and bullous lesions in the newborn] |
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| Authors: | V Laugel B Escande L Donato K Aberkane E Heid J Messer |
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| Affiliation: | Service de pédiatrie 2, h?pital de Hautepierre, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France. |
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| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Pemphigoid gestations is very seldom responsible for cutaneous lesions in newborns through passive transfer of the autoimmune disease from mother to infant. CASE REPORT: We report an additional case of a newborn presenting with an extensive but transitory bullous eruption despite the absence of circulating autoantibodies. CONCLUSION: Such examples of transplacental pemphigoid are so uncommon that the pathogenic role of IgG autoantibodies is being questioned. |
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